{"id":10509,"date":"2019-03-05T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T06:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=10509"},"modified":"2020-04-10T10:52:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T15:52:31","slug":"season-7-ash-wednesday-crossing-the-threshold-into-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2019\/03\/season-7-ash-wednesday-crossing-the-threshold-into-lent\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 7: Ash Wednesday | Crossing the Threshold Into Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We received such a great response to the practices and moments of quiet reflection that we included in our most recent episodes that we decided to do the same thing with Lent. The seasons of the church year are meant to teach us something about the spiritual life we need to learn. In fact, by entering into these seasons we experience the deeper dynamics and rhythms of the spiritual life by walking closely with Jesus and learning from him as we go. In this season of the <em>Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership<\/em> podcast, we are privileged to prepare and walk through the season of Lent together.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/strengthening-soul-your-leadership-ruth-haley-barton\/id1214483830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also access podcast on <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/m\/Iugwwuq5kmhfft5aadsbvtksage?t=Strengthening_the_Soul_of_Your_Leadership_with_Ruth_Haley_Barton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Play<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/ruth-haley-barton\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership?refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stitcher<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/3fmnh-a9bd6c?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"122\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/3fmnh-a9bd6c?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/season-seven\/\">Listen to other episodes from Season 7<\/a> <a class=\"button-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/\">Access past podcast seasons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mentioned in this podcast:<\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/lectionary-calendar\/\">Revised Common Lectionary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exploring Further:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.transformingcenter.org\/collections\/lent-resources\">Transforming Resources: <\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.transformingcenter.org\/collections\/lent-resources\">Lent Resources<\/a><em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/transforming-community\/\">Transforming Community<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthhaleybarton.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ruth Haley Barton<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Become a patron:<\/strong> Join a growing movement of transforming leaders. We have gotten fantastic feedback about the podcast, and we would like to create even more content. We need you! <a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/patron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Become a patron during Lent and receive an e-reader version of<em> Lent: A Season of Returning<\/em>.<\/a> Learn more.<\/p>\n<p>Music Credit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/resources.transformingcenter.org\/collections\/lent-resources\/products\/lent-music-in-solitude\"><em>Lent: Music in Solitude<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.transformingcenter.org\/collections\/lent-resources\/products\/digital-version-lent-a-season-of-returning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10510 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/digital-lent-reflections-1024x436.png\" alt=\"Follow along with us this Lent\" width=\"1024\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/digital-lent-reflections-1024x436.png 1024w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/digital-lent-reflections-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/digital-lent-reflections-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/digital-lent-reflections.png 1210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We received such a great response to the practices and moments of quiet reflection that we included in our most recent episodes that we decided to do the same thing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[1965],"class_list":["post-10509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-season-7"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - 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